Empathy in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Fernandez Duque, Diego ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^b   Baird, Jodie A ^c   Black, Sandra E ^d  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Emotion; Empathy; Naturalistic stimulus; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77951238822     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390903002191     Document Type: Article

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